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Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society

Acronym: ALCS

General Information

Identification Code: 264180221519-36
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Entity Form: United Kingdom Private Company limited by guarantee
Registration Category: Trade unions and professional associations
Registration Date: 4/25/2016
Last Update: 9/18/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) is a not-for-profit membership organisation started by writers for the benefit of writers. We’re open to all types of writer, and owned by our members. We collect money that’s due to our members for secondary uses of their work. These might include things like photocopies, cable retransmission, digital reproduction and educational recording. These sorts of rights typically bring in small amounts of money that are difficult for writers to monitor individually, so the most effective way to gather them is collectively. It takes tireless investigation, as well as experience and expertise. But nowadays, with the help of our bespoke IT systems, we can collect money from all over the world through agreements with over 55 different societies in more than 40 countries. We then pay this to our members whose works are being used. We also campaign and lobby on matters important to writers - both at a national and international level.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Culture
  • Culture and media
  • Digital economy and society
  • Education and training
  • Research and innovation
  • Single market
Levels of Interest:
  • national
  • global
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: We campaign and lobby on matters important to writers - both at a national and international level - to ensure writers' rights are both recognised and rewarded. We are also interested in issues around authors' remuneration and authors' rights in general.
Communication Activities: ALCS provides the Commission, Committees and relevant MEPs with briefing notes on issues that affect UK writers on an ad hoc basis.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 6th Floor, International House,4 Battle Bridge Lane
Post Code: E1W 1UN
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office

Address: 6th Floor, International House,4 Battle Bridge Lane
Post Code: E1W 1UN
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 3
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 3
Members F T E: 0.75
Info Members: ALCS has three members of staff who review the work of the UK government, the EC and events at WIPO pertaining to issues concerning authors and their rights.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: This information is available in our Annual Transparency Report which can be found on our website: https://www.alcs.co.uk/how-alcs-is-run
Organisation Members: ALCS is a member of the Society of Audiovisual Authors in Brussels. In the United Kingdom ALCS is a Member of the British Copyright Council. Internationally, ALCS is a Member of the International Authors Forum and the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO)